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Meanings of stereotypical in English

Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality.

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Examples for "stereotyped"
Examples for "stereotyped"
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He was warrantably its usher when the habitual interrupter bawled his stereotyped:
The Lincoln Story Book / A Judicious Collection of the Best Stor...
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How have you avoided being stereotyped into a certain genre or character?
Reuters
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You are not educated in the stereotyped fashion, but you know enough.
A Sweet Girl Graduate
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Be just and truthful, avoiding any stereotyped form in letters of introduction.
Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful ...
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This is true because nature in her higher work is not stereotyped.
An Original Belle
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Strike British accountancy group Hacker Young from the list of unimaginative accountants.
The Irish Times
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The columnist Chrissy Iley recently wrote that only unimaginative people were faithful.
The Guardian
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This ceremony was an appeal to the unimaginative, the sluggish, the faint-hearted.
The Red Planet
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To the unimaginative visitor, the plan that has been adopted will appeal.
Virginia: the Old Dominion / As seen from its colonial waterway,...
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The Far Orientals ought to be a particularly unimaginative set of people.
The Soul of the Far East
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This restriction often leads to chronic hunger, accompanied by stereotypic behavior.
Pubmed
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Following EMT, NCCs migrate large distances along stereotypic pathways until they reach their targets.
Pubmed
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These differences appeared to diminish during lay, with most stereotypic behavior no longer present.
Pubmed
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Parental care is a complex stereotypic behaviour towards offspring that is shared by numerous species.
Pubmed
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Acute infections are associated with a set of stereotypic behavioral responses, including anorexia, lethargy, and social withdrawal.
Pubmed
Usage of stereotypical in English
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It is far from the stereotypical image of a run-down city suburb.
Reuters
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Clearly that's a stereotypical untruth, although that's never stopped the Fiver before.
The Guardian
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Chad was no stereotypical redhead given to outbursts of emotion or temper.
Too close to home
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And the refrain from them was so common as to be stereotypical.
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
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She knew all about the stereotypical image he was undoubtedly laboring under.
Diagnosis: danger
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She certainly didn't have any of the stereotypical widow's troubles in remarrying.
A fugitive truth: an emma fielding mystery
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As a former gymnast, Daleman does not have the stereotypical skating body.
Reuters
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It's something which has been associated with racist campaigns, with stereotypical imagery.
BBC
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The stereotypical image of a spy in a trench coat was laughable.
The charlemagne pursuit
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It's fine to show people undertaking gender-stereotypical roles such a woman cleaning.
The Guardian
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He looked like the stereotypical Nascar fan that people picture, she says.
The Guardian
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Instead, we were inundated with stereotypical and classist tropes about South Auckland.
Radio NZ
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And frogs aren't just kicking it in streams and such-that'dbe stereotypical.
Wired
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As Kirsten Johnstone found out, Kate Tempest is not your stereotypical rapper.
Radio NZ
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GINO Gallagher did not fit the stereotypical image of a ruthless killer.
The Irish Times
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Like his office at Nano, the décor and furnishings oozed stereotypical masculinity.
Nano
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Stereotypical across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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